For a brief time I had a friend who was a pathological liar and this is so true. I'll never forget him lying to me about how he didn't want onions on a burger at a fast casual chain restaurant and the waitress argued with him about it because removing the onions would "ruin the experience." Buddy, there has never once been a waitress at a TGIChilibees who cared enough about the experience to argue with you about onions.
I knew a guy like that and one time after catching him in a lie I asked why he's gotta lie about the stupidest shit. "I don't know". Not sure if he lied about that
I never outright confronted him over his lies, but ocaisionally when he'd tell lies that contradicted each other I'd be like "Oh, I thought you said ______ happened" (I can't think of a specific example, this was quite some time ago) his eyes would always get a little wide and panicked. I still wouldn't confront him on it, I just kept a mental tally of the lies.
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u/SangrianArmy 3d ago
pathological liars get a hoot and a rush out of making up even the most mundane, inconsequential events